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Chapter 119: The ghost mask covered my face, and I entered the realm of heaven and man (3.8k)

Hexi.

Kunshan!

This mountain is not far from Taikang City, the most prosperous city in Hexi.

Kunshan is majestic like Kaohsiung!

As a natural barrier, all the cold air coming from the north is blocked. On the north side of the mountain, cotton clothes are needed to keep warm.

South of Kunshan, spring is here and flowers are blooming.

This mountain also serves as a natural military barrier. If the north wind wants to go south to Hexi in Daqing, it must pass through this pass.

However, the mountain road is very steep, like an upside-down ladder to heaven, with only one winding plank road hanging between the cliffs. It is difficult for both men and horses to march here, and the loss of food and supplies is even greater. It is really a loss-making move.

Along the way, before reaching Hexi, the military pay on the road was already an astronomical figure.

Not worth the candle!

For many years, the north wind has chosen other routes, either passing through the Hulao Pass or crossing the Fengling Pass.

And avoid the disaster in Kunshan.

There is an old saying that goes, "The road to Kunshan is difficult, harder than climbing to the sky."

This mountain is so steep.

However, in recent years, a man suddenly appeared, forcing Beifeng to make the risky decision to cross Kunshan again!
Facing the Lu family army and Lu Chen, they would rather face Kunshan.

At the southern foot of Kunshan Mountain, there is a vast area of ​​Hexi.

Except for a few low hills scattered at the foot of the mountain, the mountains gradually disappear and a plain spreads out.

The so-called hills are actually small earthen slopes.

There were three riders on a hill.

From afar, I saw a group of hundreds of cavalrymen gathered together, as if they were looking for something.

Three people on three horses.

There was an old man holding a pipe.

There was an old man in brocade clothes.

There is also a person with a ghost mask covering his face.

The old man holding the pipe was thin and short, shorter than everyone else on horseback. He wore a patched linen shirt and looked ordinary. When he smiled, he revealed a mouthful of old teeth that were blackened by smoke.

The old man is on horseback, smoking a pipe, puffing out smoke, looking very comfortable!

The old man in brocade clothes was much taller than the old man, with a white face and no beard, a gaunt complexion, a long face, and gray eyebrows. He looked at the three hundred cavalrymen in the distance with some nervousness in his eyes.

The most eye-catching among the three is the one in the front!

This person is tall!

He was wearing light armor, with long hair scattered on his shoulders, and a terrifying ghost mask on his face. It was impossible to tell whether he was a man or a woman, and he looked terrifying.

Only a pair of beautiful long eyes were revealed.

The three of them looked at the place which was only a hundred feet away.

A cavalry unit consisting of more than 300 riders.

The old man in brocade clothes frowned, his worry evident on his face.

Finally, he could no longer suppress his inner anxiety and said anxiously:
"Master, are we being too reckless by going deep into enemy territory this time? The strength of those Hexi bandits should not be underestimated. If something unexpected happens..."

Upon hearing this, the man with the ghost mask just turned his horse's head slightly without saying a word.

The snort of the horse beneath him sounded particularly clear in this tense atmosphere.

The old man holding his pipe still looks relaxed and contented.

He slowly exhaled the last puff of smoke and said with a comfortable smile:
"Don't worry, Grand Eunuch. We are only two hundred miles away from Taikang Camp. If anything happens, reinforcements will arrive immediately. As for those Hexi 'bandits', they are just a mob. How can they be compared with the great reputation of our Qianyuan Iron Cavalry?"

“‘Only’? Two hundred miles…” The old man in brocade clothes smiled bitterly, his tone revealing deep helplessness.

If it were someone else!

The old man in brocade clothes had already cursed him to death, but the old man smoking a pipe was also of extraordinary status.

"My Lord, you don't know that behind these 'bandits' in Hexi is the Heavenly King Zhou Xuan from Taikang City who is secretly supporting them."

"This group of people are not only well-equipped and have strong horses, but they are also well-trained and have a fighting capacity far beyond that of ordinary bandits."

The area west of the Yellow River had long been Zhou Xuan's sphere of influence.

Speaking of Zhou Xuan, he was the former sixth prince of Daqing. He was ambitious and proclaimed himself the King of Heaven, with an army of 100,000 elite soldiers under his command.

When Zhou Xuan was still a prince, he was already in charge of military affairs in Hexi. He was deeply loved by the soldiers and had a very high prestige.

After the battle of Zhongnan Mountain, he took advantage of the natural barriers in Hexi and decisively declared himself king and became the master of one side.

In Hexi, Zhou Xuan not only established the Heavenly King's Palace.

He even personally built a court team, the scale of which was no different from the formal court, which shows his ambition.

here!

In addition to being famous for its abundant aquatic products, with rice being more expensive than fish, it also has the natural advantages of Kunshan and the fertile soil of the wash plain, with paddy fields everywhere.

It is indeed a treasure land, which attracts countless people.

Not only because of its rich resources!

It was also because of the "notorious" mountain bandits and water robbers.

Every year, the Heavenly King's Palace in Taikang City would dispatch heavy troops to suppress the bandits, but they did not know which forces were the largest among them.

In fact, it is the secret "sharp blade" of the Heavenly King's Palace, which uses the name of bandits to intimidate the Hexi families.

If any noble family dares to disobey the Heavenly King's Palace, the bandits and pirates will be as ferocious as jackals, tigers and leopards and will show no mercy.

"Master, there are only three of us on this trip. What should we do if we are exposed?"

The old man in brocade clothes was worried.

"Besides, the Taikang camp is two hundred miles away from here, and the enemy has a large number of people. I'm afraid we'll be killed by arrows before we even set foot in Taikang." His voice revealed deep worry.

The old man smoking a pipe looked confident and said with a smile:
"Alas, eunuch, you are too worried. We have God's help on this journey, how could it be so bad?"

"I have always had good luck."

Upon hearing this, the old man in brocade clothes felt even more helpless.

The master's noble status and precious life, how can he put himself in danger so easily!

The old man was still smoking his pipe, not caring at all!

If there were someone from Qianyuan here.

You will definitely be able to recognize this old man smoking a pipe.

This person was Gongsun Pingxi, the famous "ragged prime minister" during the Qianyuan period.

Gongsun Pingxi, a descendant of a great Confucian scholar, showed extraordinary talent and intelligence since childhood.

He once served as the chief priest at the Jixia Academy of the State of Chu, a holy place of Confucianism, and held an extremely respected position.

With his profound knowledge, he won the admiration and following of countless students.

however!
Just when Gongsun Pingxi's reputation was at its peak, he put forward a shocking theory.

“Man is born evil”

This view runs counter to the Confucian view that "man is inherently good at birth" which has been advocated for thousands of years.

"What makes humans different from animals is not their nature, but their behavior."

“People do not have morality because it is in their nature that they cannot avoid it, but because they know that they should have morality, so they strive to be good.”

As soon as this statement came out, the world was in an uproar.

Countless Confucian scholars regarded it as heresy and denounced him, accusing him of heresy and betrayal of the fundamental teachings of Confucianism.

In the Chu Dynasty, Confucianism was dominant and Confucianism was the way to rule the country.

Such remarks were undoubtedly a huge challenge to imperial power and orthodoxy.

finally!
Because of this "great disrespect", Gongsun Pingxi was stripped of all his official positions and honors by the Emperor of Chu and exiled to a remote frontier as a slave, a life of slavery that lasted for twenty years.

Gongsun Pingxi was getting older and older, and he had no value, so he was sold from Da Chu to Qianyuan.

At that time, a businessman used three sheepskins to exchange for Gongsun Pingxi.

So from then on.

Gongsun Pingxi rose rapidly in career and was appointed Prime Minister of Qianyuan, the head of the civil service.

And that businessman was none other than the Sixth Princess of Qianyuan!

Today's Empress Qianyuan.

After twenty years of slavery, the once gentle Gongsun Pingxi became an old man smoking a pipe.

Even now he holds a high position and has a high salary.

But he still wore the tattered clothes he had worn as a slave.

In Qianyuan's court, he was also called "the ragged prime minister."

He said:
"If I don't help Your Majesty to pacify the world, I will not take off this robe for a day."

This old man in brocade clothes is also an important figure in Qianyuan, the chief eunuch of Qianyuan, and the empress's close companion since childhood.

"not good!"

The old man in brocade clothes realized that the bandits in the distance had discovered their whereabouts.

Amid the flying dust, the three hundred cavalrymen approached rapidly like a whirlwind.

At this critical moment!

The old man in brocade clothes urged his master to evacuate as soon as possible.

"Master, go!"

The man with the ghost mask seemed extremely calm. He just rode his horse gently and stared quietly at the approaching army.

Gongsun Pingxi put away his pipe, put it on his waist, and spread his hands and said:
"At this distance, if we run backwards, won't we just leave our backs to them? Moreover, we are still within the range of their crossbows, won't we be courting death?"

The old man in brocade clothes was extremely anxious.

He wanted to escape on horseback.

But the master is still here, he can't move!
In the blink of an eye.

The three hundred cavalrymen came like a tide and surrounded the few people.

Although the cavalrymen were not wearing heavy armor, the sharp blades in their hands and the bows and arrows on their backs all demonstrated their fighting power, which was obviously not comparable to ordinary bandits.

The leading knight was even better equipped, his helmet and chain mail shining coldly in the sun.

His eyes were fixed on Gongsun Pingxi and the other two.

The bandits around were dressed in all kinds of clothes, brandishing knives, whistling, and having fierce looks in their eyes.

"Where are you running to!"

The leader's voice was cold and full of hostility, and he stared at Gongsun Pingxi.

"You three are the ones who just killed my brother, right?"

The old man in brocade clothes looked at the shining swords in the hands of the surrounding bandits, and a sense of fear surged in his heart.

He gripped the reins tightly, his palms sweating.

Recalling how his master had just killed four or five bandits in one breath in order to rescue a village invaded by bandits, but ended up attracting the pursuit of these three hundred people, he became extremely anxious.

At this moment, he almost wanted to blurt out his master's true identity in order to intimidate these bandits.

Gongsun Pingxi rode on his horse and said to the leading bandit with a smile:
"Master Chief, the murder has nothing to do with me."

however.

The leading bandit obviously didn't buy it. His eyes moved between Gongsun Pingxi and the other two people, and finally fell on the man with the ghost mask.

"Playing tricks, pay for my brother's life!"

"Kill them and hang their bodies in the village. I'll see who dares not to pay the grain!"

The leading bandit gave another order.

"Don't hurt the horses, they are all good horses!"

The old man in brocade clothes faced the covetous eyes of the people around him. Although he was afraid, he still trembled and stood in front of his master.

"Okay, Mr. Li, you can just step down."

A somewhat majestic voice came from behind the mask.

But the people around seemed to quiet down all of a sudden, and then burst into laughter.

The leader laughed and said:
"It turns out to be a woman. Brothers, don't kill her. Line up and come one by one."

"I hope there isn't an ugly person behind the mask."

After hearing this, the old man in fine clothes was already furious and said angrily:
"presumptuous!"

The bandits didn't care.

"Let's do it."

The people around them quickly attacked with swords in hand, and they were attacked from both sides and were in danger from all sides.

The leader was originally watching the battle coldly from the side.

But soon!
His smile froze, replaced by eyes full of horror.

The man with the ghost mask relied on his own strength to charge back and forth on horseback, and more than a dozen brothers were split in half.

"this!"

In less than a moment.

The grass was littered with corpses.

"How can this be!"

The person with the ghost mask made a sword flower, and everyone present, except him, fell into a pool of blood like she was chopping melons and vegetables.

As the man with a ghost mask rode closer on horseback.

The leader was still immersed in shock. He looked at the scarlet ghost face and asked in a trembling voice:
"Are you a human... or a ghost?" However, this question was not answered.

Because in the next moment, the man with the ghost mask rushed forward and cut the leader in half, along with his horse.

The blood is like a waterfall!
The old man in brocade clothes witnessed all this, his face full of disbelief.

He rarely had the opportunity to follow his master to the battlefield and spent most of his time serving in the palace. He had never seen such a bloody and spectacular scene.

Gongsun Pingxi said loudly: "Your Majesty, you are so brave!"

The man with the ghost mask gently shook off the blood on the sword, sheathed the sword, and inserted it into the saddle.

The man slowly took off his mask.

Show one!
He had a stunningly beautiful face, but with long eyebrows and a pair of phoenix eyes, he looked extraordinarily heroic.

The woman is the Empress Qianyuan - Wu Ying.

Wu Ying opened her arms, feeling the breeze rising around her, and she smiled softly:
"I have entered the realm of heaven!"

She looked up at the high sky and saw a hawk flying over the majestic Kunshan Mountain.

"Who said women can't be emperors?"

"Wu Ying will definitely inherit the will of his ancestors, command the troops of the world, achieve unprecedented merits, and shatter the void with martial arts!"

Gongsun Pingxi heard this behind Wu Ying, smiled slightly, took out the pipe from his waist and started smoking.

Wu Ying put on the mask again and returned to his mysterious image.

She said in a deep voice:

"Let's go back to the camp in Hexi. This time we will join forces with Zhou Xuan and take over Jiangnan."

"Go to Jiangnan and meet the young protector of Zhongnan Mountain!"

(End of this chapter)